Isobel

Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth.

People named Isobel

• Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), Scottish royalty
• Isobel Baillie (1895–1983), Scottish operatic soprano
• Isobel Barnett (1918–1980), British radio and television personality
• Isobel Buchanan (born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano
• Isobel Campbell (born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian
• Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917), English painter
• Isobel Gowdie, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662
• Isobel Elsom (1893–1981), English actress
• Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer
• Isobel Loutit (1909–2009), Canadian statistician
• Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901–1957), Canadian missionary
• Isobel Lennart (1915–1971), American screenwriter and playwright
• Isobel Rae (1860–1940), known as Iso Rae, Australian impressionist painter
• Isobel Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician
• Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer
• Isobel Yeung (born 1986), British journalist

Fictional characters named Isobel

• Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a character from the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy
• Isobel Crawley, a character from the British period drama Downton Abbey
• Isobel Flemming, a character from the American The Vampire Diaries
• Isobel McGonagall, a character from the ‘Harry Potter’ series, Professor Minerva McGonagall's mother.

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